A Random Note

[forsyth]

MAN, I wish English had a gender-neutral personal pronoun that wasn't kludged together or some awkward invented thing that draws attention to itself. "Their" works in many situations, but not when you're trying to refer to a named individual of indeterminate gender. I could just use their name everywhere, but that draws attention to itself also, and practically screams "LOOK, THE AUTHOR'S AVOIDING SPECIFYING GENDER FOR THIS CHARACTER."

Meh.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Use the omniscient eye and sexism to your advantage. IF they're not obviously female, make them male in pronoun until changed later.

On that note

[peterchayward.livejournal.com]

I once tried to write a scene where a man was talking to his gener-neutral superior. There's "Sir" and there's "ma'am", but there's no gender neutral term.